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IRONING BOARD. (Application filed June 20, 1898.)

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 61 7,7 52, dated January 17, 1899.

Application filed June 20, 1898. Serial No. 684,034. (No model.)

To ail whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, CASWELL LEE LEONARD, a citizen of the United States,residing at Newtown, in the county of Fountain and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ironing-Boards, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in ironing-boards, and has for its object the production of an adjustable portable ironingboard adapted for use in combination with the inner frame of a building; and it consists in the peculiar construction, combination, and arrangement of the several parts, as will be fully pointed out in the following description and claim.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views, Figure 1 is an elevation of my invention entire. Fig. 2 is a top plan of the same. Fig. 8 is a vertical section on the line M N, Fig. 2.

A represents the floor of a building; B, the inner strip of a window-frame; O, the main board for use in ironing; D, a hinged supporting-standard; E, a hinge-plate; F, a hingestay, and Gr a bent hinge-pin.

The floor A and the window-frame B of the building may be of the usual ordinary construction.

The inner door-frame or other rigid inner portions of a building may be used instead ofthe window-frame, which is shown as a matter of preference and convenience.

The main board 0 is of the usual form and has a supporting-standard D hinged to its under side and rigidly secured thereto by the brackets O, fastened by the screws 0 The hinge-plate E has a pair of lateral projections E, which receive the nose of the hinge-stay F, and is secured to the window-strip by screws E, which insert through small openings in the ends of the plate into the window.- strip. The hinge-stay F has a nose F, which inserts into the opening between the projections E of the hinge-plate and is pivoted therein by the bent pin G, which passes through vertical openings for its reception in the projections E and nose F. The pin G has its circular-form upper portion G bent away from the window-frame laterally forv making a support for a flat-iron for convenience in using my invention.

My invention is operated as follows: The free end of the ironing-board may be vertically adjusted by the operation of moving the free end of its hinged standard away from a vertical line. The free end of the ironingboard may be moved laterally in the path of a semicircle for placing it in the most convenient position for use. The operator, when not using the flat-iron, may set it on the circularform upper portion of the bent pin for cooling or disuse temporarily. The main board may also be removed from its connection with the window-frame by withdrawing its bent hinge-pin, its supporting-standard being folded against it and placed away in a suitable closet for storage articles.

In the above construction I produce a simple, durable, and efficient ironing-board the advantages and convenience of which are evident to those who have used this line of household fixtures.

Having thus fully described my invention and set forth the operation and advantages thereof, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In an ironing-board the combination of the hinge-plate, hinge-stay, and bent hinge-pin having acircular-shaped upper portion, with the main board having a hinged supportingstandard, all made in the manner and for the purpose set forth, substantially as specified.

CASVVELL LEE LEONARD.

lVitnesses:

JAMES WILLIS, IRoL LYON. 

